CES 2014 in pictures: 5K TVs, the world’s noisiest Dalek, an aimbot rifle, and more

To help show off its high-performance enterprise-class SSDs, Kingston engineers built this demo system that features 24 drives in three RAID arrays of 8 each. This gives the system read performance of 6,000 MB/second — enough to launch 50 virtual machines each streaming an HD-quality video. When they first put this monster together the engineers viewed it as a proof of concept, but once we start to see live events captured and streamed with multiple 4K cameras, machines like this will find their way into production.

A little out of the ordinary for CES, TrackingPoint was there showing off its new, lower-cost smart rifle. While last-years model came in at a hefty $17,000, this year featured a cost-reduced Model 500 version for about $10,000. The new model is also TrackingPoint’s first semi-automatic version. We’ll let you decide if a rifle with automatic “aimbot” technology is really what the world needs.

In case you thought 4K video was only for the “big guys” of widescreen TVs, the MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) Alliance showcased various portable and mobile devices outputting 4K video to large screens throughout the conference floor. With Reed Hastings announcing that Netflix would begin streaming in 4K during the next few months, there should be plenty of demand from road warriors and students alike to start streaming the high-resolution content on the go.

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“We’ll let you decide if a rifle with automatic “aimbot” technology is really what the world needs.”

Do I sense a little fear? Daleks like fear. Better be careful and get one yourself. Those energy guns of the Daleks are dangerous in their hands.

Dozerman

We’re streaming 4k over the air now?

Oh boy. There goes the entire EMS… I wonder how viable gamma radiation is for data transfers…

Mirimon

Korea has several 4k channels actually.. it is also the cheapest place to by average sized 4k sets, like 32″ for only $1k USD… (+ shipping and handling)..

But I am happy with my three XBR84x900’s.

Singh1699

The fear towards guns, and weapons in general (saints) this place has is pretty profound.

If you think someone is out to get you, well grab a gun. If you think someone is out to get someone else, well grab a gun to protect them.

Why? If you are out to get someone, well you’re going to grab a gun.

http://www.classicdosgames.com DOSGuy

It seems to me that there are two solutions to the problem: either everyone has a gun or no one has a gun. I would prefer that no one has a gun because, well, people with guns are gonna shoot people. A world without guns isn’t an option, so everyone has to have a gun to protect themselves from everyone else’s guns. Isn’t it great when a problem perpetuates itself like that?

http://www.classicdosgames.com DOSGuy

It seems to me that there are two solutions to the problem: either everyone has a gun or no one has a gun. I would prefer that no one has a gun because, well, people with guns are gonna shoot people. A world without guns isn’t an option, so everyone has to have a gun to protect themselves from everyone else’s guns. Isn’t it great when a problem perpetuates itself like that?

Singh1699

Respectfully sir, let me share two ideas with you and you listen.

One for there to be good in this world, there will be evil.

Two that weapons are neither a problem, nor evil but can be seen as saints which protect you.
Weapons are the reason for borders, and the problem today is that the good have washed themselves in evil.
Meaning, the reason neither you nor many people see the good evil dichotomy is because you think of good as passive. To us good is Chamkaur, Muktsar, Saragarhi, or Longewal.
Whether with guns or swords, the fight evil while vastly outnumbered. That is Sikhi, and that way of living is what I would like to share.
Where I am from dharma means righteousness the English translated it to religion to keep it hidden. Practice your dharma, by adorning weapons and protecting the weak and needy.
Thanks,

http://www.classicdosgames.com DOSGuy

“To help show off its high-performance enterprise-class SSDs, Kingston engineers built this demo system that features 24 drives in three RAID arrays of 8 each. This gives the system read performance of 6,000 megabits per second (around 750MB/sec) — enough to launch 50 virtual machines each streaming an HD-quality video.”

Um, are you sure you mean 6000 megabits? That would be 6 gigabits with 8b/10b overhead, or the maximum speed of one SATA3 drive. I’d be pretty disappointed with a RAID array that only delivered the maximum performance of one drive, so maybe they meant 6000 megabytes per second?

http://www.mrseb.co.uk/ Sebastian Anthony

Are there any single SSDs out there that can do 750MB/sec? I didn’t think they were quite that fast yet…

http://www.classicdosgames.com DOSGuy

There are no SATA SSDs that fast yet because the SATA3 interface tops out at 600 MB/sec. (6 Gbit/sec != 750 MB/sec due to 8b/10b overhead.) Even if, in this case, 6000 Mbit/sec really means 750 MB/sec, that’s only barely faster than a single SATA SSD, and considerably slower than most PCIe SSDs. Most SATA3 SSDs claim sustained reads and writes in the 550 MB/sec range, while many PCIe SSDs use two or even four controllers to produce sustained reads in the 1200-2000 MB/s range.

http://www.cardinalphoto.com David Cardinal

Good catch. The number should have been (and now is) 6000 MB/s. I mis-read my notes and didn’t think it through when writing it up. Thanks!

SirGCal

Part of me woundered why when they went ‘wide screen’ they didn’t just do 2.35:1 instead of 1.77:1 (16×9)…

SirGCal

Part of me woundered why when they went ‘wide screen’ they didn’t just do 2.35:1 instead of 1.77:1 (16×9)…

IKROWNI

Don’t forget the issues they had streaming the playstation now services at CES. Also don’t forget to mention that they were streaming on local network not online and still had artifacting. I wouldn’t get too hyped on this service it’s gonna look as bad as the consoles do but with even more lag in games while using it. I’ve had the ability to stream games locally on pc for a couple years now. But then again consoles are just catching up to 1080p barely so it’s nothing new that consoles are boasting old technology.

tom

at the end of the day they are limited by the human eye and the actual size not every one can fit 100 inch in there room.

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